Everton will get their EFL Cup campaign underway when they welcome Mansfield to the Hill Dickinson Stadium in the second round on Wednesday night.
The Toffees made a strong start to life in their new home by claiming a 2-0 win over Brighton in the Premier League on Sunday.
Just three days on from that maiden triumph, David Moyes will have earmarked this week's cup tie as an ideal opportunity for his side to continue to get comfortable in their new surroundings.
Moreover, the Blues boss will view this competition as a realistic opportunity to bring an end to the club’s current trophy drought which stretches back some 31 years.
Meanwhile, Mansfield set up this trip to Merseyside after claiming a 2-0 win away from home against Chesterfield in the previous round.
Nigel Clough’s side have since taken top honours from each of their subsequent three fixtures in English League One, so they should come into this cup tie in high spirits.
How the bookies view it: Blues big favourites
It’s no surprise to see that the bookies consider this cup tie a huge mismatch on paper, with an Everton victory as short as 1/4 on Boylesports.
Mansfield are a massive 9/1 underdogs on Boylesports while the 90 minute draw at the Hill Dickinson Stadium is also deemed unlikely at 9/2 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: History book blank
Somewhat surprisingly, Everton and Mansfield will cross paths for the first time ever on Wednesday night.
Players to watch: Bet on Beto
Having started on the bench during Sunday’s 2-0 win over Brighton, Beto could lead the line for Everton on Wednesday night, making the Blues forward an attractive anytime goalscorer option here at 10/11 on Boylesports.
With three goals to his name already this season, Mansfield will look to Will Evans to fire them to a shock victory on Merseyside. The Welsh forward is as big as 13/2 to make the net bulge during this second round showdown.
Predicted line-ups
Everton boss Moyes is expected to shuffle his pack on Wednesday night, though he will be unable to call upon the services of injured trio Adam Aznou, Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitaliy Mykolenko.
Mansfield appear to be carrying a clean bill of health coming into this tie, so manager Clough could stick with the same set of players that started Saturday’s 4-1 win over Leyton Orient.
Everton: Travers; Coleman, Tarkowski, O'Brien, Garner; Armstrong, Iroegbunam; Alcaraz, Dewsbury-Hall, McNeil; Beto
Mansfield: Roberts; Knoyle, Bowery, Cargill, Blake-Tracy; McDonnell, Reed; Moriah-Welsh, Dickov, Hendry; Evans
Anything else catch the eye?
Given that Everton seldom blow teams away, a solid if unspectacular success could be on the cards on Wednesday night.
With that in mind, backing the host to win alongside Under 3.5 Goals looks an eye-catching option at even-money (1/1) on Boylesports.
Similarly, backing the Toffees to triumph alongside keeping another clean sheet also merits support at 10/11 with the same firm.
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